Zenith (The Androma Saga Book 1)
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From #1 New York Times bestselling author duo Sasha Alsberg and Lindsay Cummings comes the first book in The Androma Saga, an action-packed thrill ride of adventure, intrigue and steamy star-crossed romance
Known across the galaxy as the Bloody Baroness, Captain Androma Racella and her motley crew of space-bound privateers roam the Mirabel galaxy on the glass starship Marauder, taking what mercenary work they can find to stay alive.
When a routine job goes awry, the Marauder’s all-girl crew find themselves placed at the mercy of a dangerous bounty hunter from Andi’s past. Coerced into a life-threatening mission, and straight into the path of a shadowy ruler bent on revenge, Andi and her crew will either restore order to the ship—or start a war that will devour worlds.
ASIN : B01N3JKORN
Publisher : Harlequin Teen; Original edition (January 16, 2018)
Publication date : January 16, 2018
Language : English
File size : 1395 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Not Enabled
Print length : 544 pages
Page numbers source ISBN : 0008228337
Customers say
Customers find the storyline interesting and entertaining with a surprising twist at the end. They describe the book as an amazing, adventurous read with a complex world. Readers love the characters, especially the strong female characters. The writing quality is great and easy to immerse in, with many lines of dialogue and description. They appreciate the wonderful friendships and humor.
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Destiny Murtaugh –
AN EXPLOSIVE 2018 DEBUT FULL OF SPACE PIRATES AND KICK-ASS WOMEN!
INCOHERENT SCREAMING.
YâALL. ZENITH WAS AMAZINGGGGGGGGGGGG.
Iâve been waiting for Zenith since the serialized-novella was introduced and MAN, Alsberg, and Cummings DID NOT DISAPPOINT.
The Mirabel Galaxy was wonderfully thought out and constructed and added so much richness to the story. All of the characters were well-crafted, three-dimensional and totally BADASS.
THERE MAY BE SPOILERS BELOW! SCROLL AT YOUR OWN RISK!
Okay, letâs talk about allllllll the thingsssâ¦..
The Marauderâ An all-glass starship with all the bells and whistles, including a really handy AI. Need I say more?!
The Crewâ Andi, Lira, Breck & Gilly are an amazing kick-ass group and their dynamic made so many parts of the book incredibly enjoyable.
Androma Raccellaâ Also known as Andi & The Bloody Baroness. An extremely complex character. I loved getting to learn more about Andi as the novel progressed. She was so well developed and it was really easy to experience her emotions during specific scenes.
Dextroâ Not going to lie I didnât love Dex. Okay, thatâs not true. I just didnât love Dex with Andi. I loved his character, and think that he was well developed. I really enjoyed seeing him go through all of his inner-struggles. & I definitely commend him for realizing that he and Andi donât work anymore.
Liraâ As the book starts gearing up for the ending we get to know more about Lira. Especially after the crew has to stop on her former home planet. Lira is the perfect right-hand to Andi and their dynamic was sooooo good.
Breck & Gilly â Iâm putting these two together because they just have the best relationship! Breck & Gilly are seriously friendship goals, but really they are so much more than that. Itâs really easy to see that they both adore each other and definitely veer more towards family (like a sister relationship). All Iâm saying is NOTHING better happen to either of them in the next books.
Gillyâs (Cat?!)â Havoc was such a wonderful small addition. I loved seeing the characters (mainly Gilly & Andi) interacting with him. He definitely helped to show both Gilly & Andiâs soft sides (at least once he won over Andi, that is)
Alfieâ An amazing, funny AI. One of my favourite characters. Sasha & Lindsay are terrible humans. I cried during that scene.
The Worldâ The Mirabel Galaxy was such a phenomenal world. You can tell that Sasha and Lindsay spent a lot of time creating the various planets and all the things that connect them. I loved learning about the politics and customs of the various planets. The technology, languages, developments, wars, and everything else that played into the world building was so excellent and immersive and I cannot wait to be back in this world in book two!
The POVâsâ Iâll admit when I first started Zenith I was totally overwhelmed by the amount of different POV chapters we get. However, by the end they totally all make sense and you get why Sasha and Lindsay felt it important to include them all. The impact that the plot twist has at the end is, in large part, because weâve been getting perspectives from so many different people!
The Proseâ There were sooo many lines of dialogue and description that blew me away. I absolutely loved the way Sasha and Lindsay wrote this book and even more, I found it fascinating that you couldnât really tell that there were two people crafting the story! Their voices melded together perfectly and created a masterpiece.
Kaleeâ The story about Kallee just broke my heart. Not going to lie, I was convinced that she was going to come back and that she wasnât actually dead. A little sad that I was not right. Also, I still donât believe that the accident was, in fact, an accident.
All Things NORâ Let me just tell you that the entire plot surrounding Nor was freaking amazing. By the end of the book I was literally at the edge of my seat. Sheâs an amazingly dark character and I am stoked to learn more about her in book two
#ZENITHâ I literally cheered when I read Zenith in the book for the first time! Now we know what âZenithâ is and damnâ it ainât good! Iâm so scared for book two now that âZenithâ has been released! Andiâs whole crew is down, blindly worshipping Nor and I am not prepared for what is coming next!
Valenâ I saved Valen for last because he DESTROYED me! Not gonna lie, I ship Andi & Valen together SO MUCH! I literally SCREAMED when the plot twist came into play and we learned that he was actually Norâs Brother?!?! Why you gotta play me like that?
Valen pt.2â Oh, and letâs not forget that he kills his father and SHOOTS ANDI!!!! Seriously, Valen. You are making it harder for me to profess my love for you! Nevertheless, I am sure that he will be redeemed and my ship will sail through the Galaxy for the rest of time.
In summation:
I freaking LOVED Zenith. I went in expecting a high caliber novel and I was definitely satisfied. The world was so incredibly complex and developed. I loved all of the characters. The romance was wonderful. The friendships were wonderful. The badassery (is that a word?) was amazing. I loved it.
brxey –
3.5 Stars for a Very Cool Ending and a Kind of Blah Rest of It
Zenith has a super cool, action-packed, girls-kicking-butt-in-space premise that had me really excited to read it. I was a little worried by some of the reviews I saw; but I really have a soft spot for space operas, and I still hoped this might be everything it promised. Unfortunately I found myself supremely bored for a little over half the book before I felt like things really picked up. That said, I really did enjoy that final section of Zenith; but I truly struggled to get through the majority of the book, and I think it would be helpful to anyone still on the fence about Zenith to explain why without real plot spoilers.
The main issue, which if youâve been reading the reviews you are aware of, is that Zenith is told in many many many different points of view, and it doesnât work very well.
What I think I would really have loved is a more focused version of this plot, alternating between Ani and Nor (to make some exposition of Mirabelâs political landscape easier). Switching between characters and plot lines is very hard to do in a way that doesnât slow down the story, and unfortunately Zenith succumbs to that.
As mentioned, Zenithâs problem is that itâs very slow. For the first 60% of the book Andiâs POV chapters honestly feel like she only has like three thoughts that she cycles through on a day to day basisâ âIâm a cold-blooded murderer, but I remember all my victims,â âDex saved me but heâs horrible,â and âI can never forgive myself for my ~mysterious~ past wrongsâ. Additionally, as we hop between POVs and abandon developing plot points, it begins to feel like nothing is happening even though multiple storylines are playing out.
Despite all the switching around we donât really get a lot of characterization for the rest of Andiâs crew apart from like one chapter from Lira which could (and should) have been cut and we could have just gotten the information needed by having another character overhear the one important conversation she has. Honestly, by the end of the book Gilly and Breck have so little individualized characterization they probably should have just been condensed into one comic relief character, which is the role they are relegated to more often than not.
Norâs chapters are one of Zenithâs biggest redeeming qualities during that tough to get through first half. Theyâre intriguing and dark, and typically follow through with her storylineâs promised plot points a little more than the chapters from our characters who are all on the Marauder together; so the tension being created has time to build and be followed through with rather than just built and abandoned.
As mentioned, once you reach the latter half of the book things do pick up and the action gets goingâthe last few chapters especially deliver the ride Zenith promised. If youâre willing to trudge through I did end up enjoying myself.
Side note: I found it truly miserable to trudge through Dexâs chapters; he is just all around really unlikeable until like maybe the last ten percent of the book, and even then I donât like him very much. I feel like that was definitely not the intent but I honestly cannot stand him.
Ana –
Não tenho comentários a fazer sobre o conteúdo já que ainda nao li o livro, mas veio em ótimas condições
Booxykin –
Malgré toutes les critiques négatives, je pense que chacun doit se faire son propre avis.
Personnellement, j’ai beaucoup aimé ! Certes certains passage de pensées des personnages sont très répétitif. On a la même scène en boucle tout le livre mais ça n’enlève en rien le fait que l’histoire est très prenante, qu’on veut savoir comment ça va se terminer. Je lirai avec plaisir le 2ème tome !
Nikhat shaikh –
Because everyone have a different taste at reading.
@SeemsLikeSarah –
I have been waiting for this book for a long time. I first came across the small few-chapters edition when the authors first released it. An now it has grown so much! I love all things space which makes this book an obvious choice for me. Although I’ve been in a bad reading slump when I started this book, which may be the reason I found the first half quite slow. For some reason Zenith and I had a bad start, even tough I’ve already read the first few chapters way back and I loved it so much! Anyway, when the second half came around it had me back in its grip again. Have I mentioned that I love space?! It also has loads of epic adventure and snarky character. I loved the women power and independence of Andi and her crew. I feel like this is a good read after a breakup. Strong women are awesome! Also I would have wished for more romance. I was always on my toes for the scenes with Andi and Dex but nothing really happened. I wish they would’ve resolved their relationship sooner.
All in all I would recommend this book to anyone who loves a good adventure story, strong female characters with lots of wit and funny/snarky comments.
Rachael A –
It’s been a long time since I’ve devoured a book in just under three days, but as soon as I read the first few lines of Zenith I knew I was hooked.
It’s truly the characters of this book that make it so amazing (of course, the plot, world and pacing is there too!). Andi is a MC that is so beautifully broken that she broke me with every scene. Her strength despite all she’s been through is truly admirable, and I found myself completely invested in her journey. I wanted her to find the forgiveness she damn well deserves.
Dex, our other MC, was everything I love in the devilish rogue type. Charming, dangerous, but actually a total sweetheart.
I’m going into some spoilers now, so be warned…
I love the relationship between Dex and Andi and I SHIP THEM SO HARD. They both hurt each other, something you think they can never come back from…but when you discover their reasons, you realise just how much they had no other choice, and how much they still care for one another. The tension between them was incredible, and their banter over who the Marauder belonged to was a wonderful touch of lightness to an otherwise dark story.
The relationship between Andi and her crew was one of my favourite things about the novel. Their bond and the way they were always there for each other had me tearing up on multiple occasions. I loved seeing it develop – and I loved seeing Dex slowly being brought into it.
I’ll talk briefly about the ‘villain’, Nor. She’s actually a villain I found myself rooting for on occasion; her history is awful, and it’s no surprise she is how she is. Her chapters were some of my favourites, and I’m especially keen to see how her relationship with Valen develops. Because OH MY GOD, THAT ENDING.
That brings me onto Valen. DUDE. I kind of sensed something was wrong, but the authors did an INCREDIBLE job of making you forget all the little seeds they planted, because, like Andi, we WANT to believe he’s forgiven her. That he’s home safe. It’s only in the final chapters leading up to the climax that you start to feel that niggling that something is /wrong/. And boy, is it. That ending was incredible, and I now have the biggest book hangover ever. Thanks, Sasha & Lindsay.
I could go on and on about this book. I’m more of a fantasy girl, so I was surprised by how much I loved it. The different planets, the ships, the body mods…it was all so COOL. Sasha & Lindsay have created an immersive, unforgetable world that I’m eager to explore more of.
TL;DR this book is epic beyond measure. I need the next one like I need air.